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Gill's Exposition
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion,.... Which the Targum interprets of the schools, as preferable to the synagogues: the Lord loves Zion herself; that is, the church, and therefore has chosen it for…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion - Compare Psa 78:68. The gates of a city were the places of concourse; where business was transacted; where courts were held. The particular allusion here seems to be…
Some make the first words of the psalm to be part of the title; it is a psalm or song whose subject is the holy mountains - the temple built in Zion upon Mount Moriah. This is the foundation of the…
Cambridge Bible
the gates of Zion A poetical expression for the city, specially appropriate with reference to the thought of the crowd of pilgrims (Psa 122:2) entering it from all nations (Isa 60:11; Rev 22:14).
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